Xmas Card with Kids 2

My son loves making cards with me. He gets to use all my fancy art supplies, especially the die cutting part. He enjoyed the shaved ice last week and wanted to do it again! This card he made for his best friends. This time he watercolored the background. According to him, the grey background is smoky sky. The funny part is, the sledding bunny looks like riding a flying carpet.

I'm submitting this card to the following challenges.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make It Sparkle

 

 

Supplies used in this card:

• Purple Onion Designs Stacey Yacula Hope (POD)
• MFT Inside & Out stitched rectangle die-namics (MFT)
• MFT winter trees die-namics (MFT)
• Lawn Fawn stitched hillside borders (LF)
• Mama Elephant Merry Greetings stamp set (ME)

Coffee and Mittens

Two very simple cards with coffee and mittens, which in my opinion are very sweet elements for chilly winter! The one with coffee has a dry embossed (embossing folder) background and the one with mittens has white embossing paste + stencil background.

I'm submitting this card to the following challenges.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Let There Be Snow

CAS-ual Fridays - CFC163 Christmas & Hanukkah

AAA Cards CAS Game #79 - Christmas

Sweet Stampers Challenge #2 - Anything Goes

 

Supplies used in this card:

• SSS Winter Warmth stamp set (SSS)
• Tim Holtz holiday knit stencil (GG)
• Darice snowflake background embossing folder (D)

Xmas Card with Kids

Portland is snowing heavily. While the kids are staying home due to school closure, we made Xmas cards together for their cousins in east coast. They were so excited after finishing the cards. They mailed out the cards right away. One boy forgot the road was still icy. He ran too fast and slipped, and bumped his head.

Anyway, I started out by letting the kids choose window shapes: circle, oval, rectangle, or wonky window. They wanted circles at first, but as soon as they saw the wonky windows, they both wanted the wonky shape.  Next I showed them a couple of Xmas character stamps for them to choose from. They chose this cute moose from MFT (the little one was just following his brother).

I let them turned the handle of my die cutting machine to cut out the windows. I stamped the images for them and they colored everything themselves (well, the little one needed some helps with coloring the moose but he picked all the colors). The most exciting part for them is sprinkling shaved ice in the window. After I put all the window pieces together, they taped the moose in front of the window.

It was an easy card project, even for five and three year old boys :)

 

I'm submitting this card to the following challenges.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Gift It

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Let There Be Snow

 

Supplies used in this card:

• MFT BB Merry Christmoose (MFT)
• MFT LJD Peek-a-Boo wonky windows die-namics (MFT)

I Have The Whole World

A very special friend of mine is getting married this weekend. I made this card for him with a gift card inside. The idea is having a snowman who feels lots of warmth and happiness. Loves fall from the sky and he caught many.

I used distress ink blending with gathered twigs, fired brick, abandoned coral, and spun sugar for the background. I watercolored the snowman and hearts. Finally I used Tsukineko sparkle spritz to add shimmer to the card and frosted lace stickles/shaved ice for the snow underneath the snowman. I never add so much sparkle to my cards, but this one I really wanted it to shine for the wedding.

 

This is my very first version of the card. It has a lots of noises in the background and does give the feel of "miracle". So I ended up trashing it (well, my 3-year-old toddler spotted it and wanted it = trashing it).

I'm submitting this card to the following challenges.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Ice Inspiration

Addicted to CAS Challenge #102 - Congratulations

CASology Week 227 - Space

CAS Mix Up Card Challenge December 2016 - Stamping+Sponging+your choice

 

Supplies used in this card:

• Purple Onion Designs Stacey Yacula Jolly (POD)
• Purple Onion Designs Stacey Yacula A beautiful day sentiment set (POD)

Build A Snowman

Another card with Stacey Yacula's stamp set. The best thing about her stamps is that you can build a complete scene with lots of background elements like hills, trees, houses, clouds, snow forts... Everything you can think of. All you need to do is coloring. So there's nothing fancy I did in this card. Just enjoyed watercoloring.

 

 

 

I'm submitting this card to the following challenges.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin’ Christmas Challenge – Anything (Christmas) Goes

Sweet Stampers Challenge #1 - Christmas

 

MFT Color Challenge #58 

 

Supplies used in this card:

• Purple Onion Designs Stacey Yacula Rupert (POD)
• Purple Onion Designs Stacey Yacula Wilson (POD)
• Purple Onion Designs Stacey Yacula Snow Day! Hill (POD)
• Purple Onion Designs Stacey Yacula Snow Fort (POD)
• Simon Says Stamp stencil Falling Snow (SSS)
• MFT basic stitch lines die-namics (MFT)